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G. GULICH.

SNOW PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED APR.25. m9.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.-

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GREGOB GULIGH, OF NEW. YORK, N. Y.

SNOW-PLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 25, 1919. Serial No. 292,579.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, Gnnoon GULIoH, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Snowbeing provided witha removable or hinged bottom, so that it may be conveniently emp-.

tied.

Another object of the invention is to construct a snow-plow of thecharacter described, which is simple in construction and eflicient inoperation in clearing the streets or highways after a snow storm.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe combination, arrange ment and construction of parts hereinafterdescribed, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be madein the size and proportion of the several parts and details ofconstruction within the scope of the appended claims without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention."

a section taken on line 4-14 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a part of the mechanism for actuatingthe elevating or conveying means. Y

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates an automobile-truck, includinga frame. 11,

.that is mounted in the usual "manner on front wheels 12 and rear wheels13. On this truck is mounted a motor 14, in rear of which is disposed adrivers seat 15, and in front of this seat is located the steering wheel16. A detailed description of the elements so far described seems to beunnecessary, as the same may be of any suitable construction, dependingentirely upon the type of the truck used.

In rear of the drivers seat is mounted upon the truck frame the truckbody proper,

denoted by the numerall7. This body is made in the form of a hopper-likereceptacle, the bottom 18 of which is detachable, so

that the truck body may be conveniently emptied.

At the front of the truck body is disposed an inclined trough 19, therear wall or bottom 20 of which is curved, for a purpose hereinafter tobe described, and set between i the sides21 of the truck body, portionsof the latter forming thus the sides of the trough. The front wall 22 ofthe truck body forms a cover or hood for the trough, thereby preventingthe material on the elevating or conveying mechanism, hereinafter to bedescribed, from leaving the latter as it is carried from a plow or scoop23 upward and dumped into the truck body. Y

The plow or scoop comprises a forwardly inclined plate member 24, havingsides 25 leading to the inlet 26 to the trough mentioned. The plow isdisposed a suitable dis tance in front of the wheels 12, digging thesnow, the latter sliding up the inclined plate 24: within the reach ofan elevating mechanism 27 the said elevating mechanism being disposedwithin the trough 19.

The elevating mechanism is of the beltconveyer type, comprising a belt28, madeof a plurality of rigid sections 29. for instance boards, thatare suitably hinged together, as shown at 30. The boards 29 extend fromside to side of the trough, that is to say throughout the entire widththereof. 'The belt runs over a plurality of bars 31, upon the ends ofwhich are provided journals 32, the latter being rotatably mounted inthe sides of the truck body. These bars are each of squarecross-section, each face of the same being of a width corresponding tothe combined widths of two adjoining boards 29. To one of the journalsof one of these bars is fixed a pulley 33. in alinement with a p-ulley34, that is rigidly secured to one of the Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

rear wheels 13 of the truck, and over these mechanism. To every secondboard 29*of the endless belt is hinged a conveying-flight 36. Theseflights are each made in the form of a board, extending throughout thewidth of the trough, and the hinges 37 thereof are arranged in such amanner that the said flights extend at right angles to the conveyer beltwhile ascending, but fold toward the said belt when descending. Theascending portion of the belt is supported by transverse plates 38, thatare fixed to the trough sides, as clearly appears from Fig. 2 of thedraw- 1n A s above mentioned, the trough bottom 20 is curved, its upperend 39 being bent rearward, serving as a deflector for the flights 36,to cause the same to abut against the descending portion of the belt.Adjacent the inlet 26, the trough bottom is substantiallysemi-cylindrical, to permit the flights to be extended at right anglesto the conveyer belt, thereby elevating the snow that is forked againstthe same by the plow 23, when the truck is set in motion.

The operation is as follows :The snow on the ground is scraped up andgathered by the p'low 23, sliding up the same within the reach of theelevating mechanisni,-wliile the vehicle'is movin along. The flights 36upon the conveyer elt carry the snow up the conveyer and deliver thesame lnto the truck body 17. When the truck body is loaded to itscapacity, the snow is delivered to the dumping ground. Arriving at thedumping ground, the bottom 18 of the truck body is removed, whereby thesaid truck body is emptied.

Inasmuch as the flights are hinged to the conveyer belt and moved bygravity toward the belt while descending, the snow will leave the saidflights without the employment of special scraping devices. Since, thebelt of the conveyer is made of hinged rigid sections, that travelaround bars of square cross-section, lumps of snow, which may adhere tothe said belt, are broken up and drop into the truck body. This is dueto the fact that the sections of the conveyer belt, in traveling aroundthe uppermost bar 31, are one after the other suddenly deflected fromthe general plane gfltravel of the acting portion of the said Instead ofcausing the snow to fall into the truck body, there may be attached tothe motor truck, instead of the truck body, a trailer.

It is obvious that, while herein the plow and elevating mechanism havebeen described as mounted upon a motor truck, the

same may be applied to wheeled receptacles in general, such as forinstance railway cars, street cars, etc.

What I claim is 1. In a snow clearing machine, the combination with amotor truck and its body, of a snow-plow disposed in front of said body,an inclined trough leading from said plow upward substantially to thetop of said body, and a conveying mechanism in said trough receiving thesnow from said plow a-nd elevating it to the top of said body, saidconveying mechanism including an endless belt made of a plurality ofhinged rigid sections, conveying flights hinged to certain of said rigidsections, said flights extending substantially at right angles to the"planes of said sections and being automatically held in such positionswhen ascending and dropping toward said sections when descending.

2. A-snow clearing machine according to claim 1, comprising means foractuating said conveying mechanism, said means consisting of rotary barsof square cross-section, each face of each bar being of a widthcorresponding to the combined widths of two adjoinin rigid beltsections.

Signed at fli'ew York, in the county of Kings, and State of New York,this 22nd day of April, A. D. 1919.

GREGOR GULICH.

Witnesses:

EMMA EISINGER, JUL EISINGER, Jr.

